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Engineers admit New Orleans levees could fail
Officials express fears for city as Hurricane Gustav batters coastline, despite billions being spent on improving flood defences since Katrina
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News'Green' technology may harm the planet, warn scientists
Hi-tech 'fixes' to regulate the Earth's climate may simply add to problem of global warming
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NewsDemolition firm fined £15k after electrician suffers serious injuries
HSE warns companies to undertake risk assessments properly after a fall from height
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NewsRICS rules to improve valuations
Chartered surveyors must ask housing developer for 'disclosure of incentives' under changes in the 'Red Book'
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NewsSainsbury's opens flagship eco-store
Biomass boiler will help reduce carbon emissions by 40% at Dartmouth store designed by Stride Treglown
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NewsGalvanising is a bridge to durability
Report claims zinc-coated steel's longevity and recyclability makes it highly sustainable
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NewsFree EPC data, says consultant
Inbuilt's Strong accuses government of dithering on Green Homes Service remedy
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Comment
Phew - thank you Mr Darling. Now we can get on and fix the problems
For me tracking the Government's handling of the economic crisis over the past few months has been a bit like watching a sick gag in a sketch show where a child hops into the kitchen with one bloodied leg severed off to be told by his mother: "It'll be alright ...
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NewsLiverpool puts football stadium on hold
Football club blames global market conditions and gives no indication when work will restart
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Cambridge City FC in new row with developer over playing field
Developers Ross River and Blue River try to stop club renewing tenancy on land earmarked for 200 homes
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Aquarius Developments taken to task over delays to £3.4m penthouse
Would-be resident says she has been unable to move into her home because of delays to completion
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NewsTo hell with the cost of 2012
Maybe bidding to host the Games was a little rash, but all we can do now is stop penny-pinching and give it our best shot
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NewsCredit crunch forces Development Securities to halt work on the Strawberry
Property firm trying to circumvent need for bank finance to restart Hammersmith scheme after announcing £14.4m half-year loss
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NewsProject collaboration by the seaside
Competition is fierce as five local construction firms battle it out to become Weymouth's king of the sandcastle
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CommentThe mandarin and the tsar
Once upon a time, says Chris Addison, there was a simple man who was given a simple job to do. Little did he know what lay in store for him …
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CommentSo you want to be a judge, eh?
Here’s the strange case of the bullock that burned down a house – and presented a judge with a prize conundrum. This is how he went about solving it
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NewsCostain gears up to enter UK airports market
Balfour Beatty and Hochtief are among other contractors linked to sale of BAA’s assets
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News£250m Rochdale scheme stalls after legal challenge
Losing bidders protest after council and development agency fail to disclose full selection criteria
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NewsIan Ritchie quits Olympic village over quality concerns
Architect leaves £1bn London 2012 project amid mounting unrest over value engineering
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Comment
Appointing an adjudicator
The CaseCamden engaged Makers UK Limited ("Makers") under a 1998 JCT Intermediate Form of Building Contract to carry out refurbishment works at Wittington Estate in Highgate, London. Issues arose between the parties over variations and delays. Camden issued at “Default Notice” alleging that Makers was in default of their contractual ...